Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Mother's Day is around the corner...Don't buy flowers this year, make them!

We think these are so cute and will brighten up anyone's day.

Cut 2" hearts out of felt for the petals of your flower.Pinch the bottom tip of the heart around the end of your stick and hot glue.Glue 3-5 heart petals on each stick, they all should different. Once your petals are in place, wrap the bottom of your flower pedals with floral tape.Glue on some leaves to complete your flower.

Easy. Breezey. Beautiful. Cover-jar.

Pour a small amount of paint into a jar and rotate to evenly coat the inside.

Turn your jar upside down on wax paper and let paint drip out.Once the excess paint is out, turn it right side up and let it dry!

Having water in your jar will ruin the paint job!If you decide to use real flowers, be sure to sneak in a cup with water.

In a large bowl, mix cake mix, lemon juice, water, eggs, melted butter and lemon zest with a spoon.

Be careful of over mixing, it's okay if it's a little lumpy!

Spray slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray.Pour batter into slow cooker and smooth down evenly.Cook on high 1 1/2 hours or until center of the cake is firm. Mix glaze ingredients in a small bowl with spoon.

Friday, April 12, 2013

When we first moved into our apartment, we were very sad to hear that our building "didn't really recycle". Since then we have been doing our best to figure out what to do with all our empty jars, cans, bottles and magazines.We love to upcycle. It's great for the environment and encourages creativity!

Soda can tea light holders.

With a pair of scissors cut off the top of your can. Be as neat as you can, but it doesn't have to be perfect.

Cut evenly spaced strips all around the can. Again, it does not have to be perfect.

Now, pull each strip down and flatten to make it look like a sun.

Fold one strip over the strip to the left and continue to fold underneath the strip on the left, basically over and under...confusing to say, but use the pictures as your guide.

Continue folding and tucking your way all around the can!

And as always, always be careful when handling scissors and the can! Duh.

For something even quicker, try these!

All you need for this project is an empty soda can, scissors, glue and any old magazine or paper with some cool graphics or pictures.

Cut the top of your can to your desired height of your tea light holder.

Cut the image the same height as your can.

Glue your paper onto the can! Easy, huh?!?

Place the candle in the can or turn it upside down and use it as a stand.

Crafty Lumberjacks

We're Andrew and Dennis. We met while traveling together on the National Tour of Fiddler on the Roof! We're HUGE holiday enthusiasts and love to craft! Hopefully we can help with some inspiration from our apartment to yours.
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